Transporting and carrying victims

1. CARRYING AND
TRANSPORTING AN
INJURED PERSON

2. Carrying and Transporting an Injured Person
• Transporting an injured person to a safer place requires great
care. A first aider must undergo proper training. When doing this,
a first aider must consider the following factors:
Weight and height of the victim
Status of the victim (conscious or unconscious)
Environment (safe, floor is smooth, narrow or wide)
Special need considerations (injuries of the victims)

3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Reassure the casualty
and explain to him
what you are
planning to do
Seek for assistance
No more than one
leader should be
there to guide the
team.
Do not try to move a
seriously injured
victim alone when
assistance is
available.

4. CONT..
Maintain proper body
mechanics while moving the
victim.
1
Take immediate action to
transport the casualty to the
nearest health care agency.
2
Before transporting consider
the nature and severity of
injury, first aid already
provided, number of
assistants available and the
distance and route to be
covered
3

5. METHODS OF
TRANSPORTING

6. WHEN ONLY
ONE FIRST AIDER
IS AVAILABLE
AND THE
CASUALTY IS
WITH MINOR
INJURIES.

8. 1. CRADLE METHOD/LOVERS
METHOD
Carrying or lifting the victim in hands

9. 2. HUMAN CRUTCH METHOD
First aider himself acts as a support to
the casualty
He stands close to the victim and holds
his waist.
He then keeps the casualty’s hand on his
neck and lift him with the other hand
and gives him support
Used only when the victim is conscious
and co-operative with only minor
wounds.

11. PACK STRAP
CARRY
when the victim is smaller than the
first aider

13.  B)Piggy back method
 Help the casualty to sit on a chair
or on a high place. Bend before
him and tell him to fold his legs
around your waist and hands
around the shoulders.
Slowly lift him and rise from the
sitting position, maintaining body
mechanics.

15. BLANKET DRAG
The blanket drag can be used to move
a person who, due to the severity of
the injury, should not be lifted or
carried by one person alone.
Place the casualty in the supine
position on a blanket and pull the
blanket along the floor.
Always pull the casualty head first,
with the head and shoulders slightly
raised so that the head will not bump
against the floor.

17. WHEN TWO
HELPERS ARE
AVAILABLE AND
THE CASUALTY IS
WITH MAJOR
DANGER

19. FOUR HANDED SEAT
Both persons should stand behind the
casualty facing each other.
Now catch each other’s wrist ie. right
wrist with left wrist of other person and
vice versa.
After forming the seat, ask the
casualty to sit on it with both hands on
the shoulders and neck of each first
aider.
Both should now take slow steps.

21. CHAIR METHOD
The casualty is made to sit on a chair
and fasten him on the chair with a long
piece of cloth.
One person should stand in front and
the other person behind the casualty,
facing each other.
Now both the first aiders together
carry him slowly, ensuring the casualty
does not lean forward or fall down.

23. No. of First Aider Available Materials Status of Injured Person Must Do Kind of Transport
1 None Unconscious, has no
injury on arm, leg, rib,
neck and back
Transport the victim
1 Malong/Blanket Experiencing a very
serious injury and should
not be lifted
Transport the victim
2 Classroom Chairs and
Tables
Unconscious Carry the victim
downstairs
1 None Unconscious Injured person will be
carried on his back

24. APPLICATION:
PICK AND CARRY
THE CLASS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS WITH 3-4 MEMBERS.
ONE FROM YOUR GROUP WILL ACT AS A VICTIM. THE TEACHER
HAS PREPARED STRIPS OF PAPER IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CARRYING AND TRANSPORTING THE VICTIM ARE
WRITTEN. YOU WILL PICK THREE AND DEMONSTRATE THE
PROPER TECHNIQUES. THE STUDENTS WILL BE GRADED BASED
ON THE RUBRICS.

25. 1. EVALUATION:
IDENTIFY THE TECHNIQUES USED IN
CARRYING AND TRANSPORTING VICTIMS.
_______1. WHEN THERE ARE TWO FIRST AIDERS
AND A CHAIR ISAVAILABLE.
_______2. USED WHEN THE VICTIM IS
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND SHOULD NOT BE
LIFTED.
_______3. CARRYING OR LIFTING THE
VICTIM IN HANDS.
_______4. USED TO MOVE A PERSON WHO, DUE
TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY, SHOULD NOT
BE LIFTED OR CARRIED BY ONE PERSON
ALONE.
_______5. WHEN THE VICTIM IS SMALLER THAN
THE FIRST AIDER.